The year is 1915 when sixteen-year-old eliza williams arrives at the billings school for girls in easton, connecticut. Her parents expect her to learn the qualities of a graceful, dutiful wife. But eliza and her housemat...The year is 1915 when sixteen-year-old eliza williams arrives at the billings school for girls in easton, connecticut. Her parents expect her to learn the qualities of a graceful, dutiful wife. But eliza and her housemates have a dangerous secret: they're witches.